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DREAMING BODY. BUTOH DANCE WORKSHOP |
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Butoh dance evolved in the middle of the 20th century in Japan, at the crossroad of cultures. The Eastern mentality – with its meditation techniques, deepening the nature of mind-body and yugen – mysterious beauty and the avant-garde art of the West – its rebellion against fossilized forms. It searches for what is authentic in the body, opens contact to the Self and the unity of the Universe in the eternal cycle of life and death. Butoh dance is not based on any technique but on the experience of the butoh tai (butoh body) and the specific quality of movement, created when the meditative state has been reached. Subjects: Hokōtai – walking body – one step between life and death, beginners Body, Mu – emptiness, Un-presence, Body without organs, thinking Body – improvisations. |
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Kundalini Yoga is one of the ancient Indian systems of development, embracing movement, breathing, meditation and mantra techniques. The practice of Kundalini Yoga maintains the body in a state of optimal physical health (increases lung capacity, stimulates blood circulation, strengthens and regulates the nervous and hormonal systems) and stimulates the mind, brings us peace and self-confidence in the face of stress.
Kundalini Yoga is a dynamic form of yoga consisting of skillful stimulation of the power of life, fiery in its nature, dozing at the base of the spine. Awakening and increasing this energy integrates the body and mind, thus bestowing a sense of unity and fullness.
Schedule:
pranayam (work with breath)
set of physical exercises/ asana practice
deep relaxation
meditation |
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Meditation can be an element of contemporary life. Its essence is awareness, being aware of what is happening outside and inside of you. However, to do this you need to be in a state of relaxation. Meditation offers a way of calming the mind, being here and now, cheerful, a spontaneous experiencing of ones own life; life is an inner journey, finding oneself, accepting ourselves the way we are. During the workshop, the participants will be able to experience different forms of active, dynamic meditation, techniques reflecting the wisdom of numerous traditions and the discoveries of modern psychology, which are a response to the needs of contemporary man. Each person is different; each person relates to different methods and each person will find something to his likening. |
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Removing, layer by layer, the day by day life of our body. We can discover deep layers of emotion and the existence of numerous occurrences inscribed in our bodies; we can find hidden in them all forms of life. Let us reach into the memory of the body which is not just our own personal history. |
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BODY EXPRESSION. SOMA: BODY-MIND |
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Mime and dance is another way of thinking about the world, it is a deep experience of the essence of events and occurrences surrounding us. A mime artist and a dancer purposefully give up words and crossing the barriers of language transmit to us the inner world of a human being. In silence, they touch those experiences impossible to communicate through words, as the body is able of expressing what is limited, paralyzed, deprived of mystery through language. Mime and dance is not pretence, but work on oneself demanding honesty and frankness. It is an ability to think through the body thereby to feel the essence of each occurrence and incident. Our model of a consumer society and the compulsory fast pace of life in this modern world are the cause of our contact with our surrounding reality being very superficial. They also induce a break in the contact of our own body and its sensuality which is followed by an isolation from emotions. I propose workshops which combine physical training, sense training and the teaching of mime techniques and dance improvisation which contribute to the development of body awareness, of experiencing and getting to know oneself, conquering one’s moving patterns, supporting openings to our own creative potential and the need of expression, as well as developing the ability of giving form to these enhancements. Working with the body always contains a psychological aspect. Experiencing different qualities of movement (energy, rhythm, time, dynamics) cannot be separated from feelings and personal experiences. Experimenting with energy, exploring the starting points of movement, its fluidity, its many varieties of dynamics and emotions connected with them, experiencing the abilities of own body expression, own body imagination and openness, stimulates creative possibilities. It is a process of deepening self creation and the development of the abilities of each participant based on self-acceptance and the acceptance of our own body. Dance improvisation and the practice of the techniques of mime used by actors assists in the development of the ability to give (artistic) form its own expression. |
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- relaxation and collective movement in a comfortable atmosphere of security and trust
- integration: improving and heightening relations, creating a good atmosphere of work in the group
- integration dances bringing joy from being with others
- theatre and mime exercise: developing the ability of empathizing with different situations and taking on different attitudes
- stimulating the perception of the body
- developing the ability of giving form to one’s expression
- aesthetic training through work with the body
- awakening the imagination
- releasing creative activity
- developing the ability of effective communication with others and oneself
- the possibility of deep self-learning
- activating the mind with the participation of the body
- acquiring new methods of non-verbal communication
- discovering the hidden potential of the psyche and the unconscious creative potential
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CHOREOTHERAPHY: CREATIVE DANCE AND BODY SYMBOLISM |
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- Choreotheraphy and aesthetic training through work at body workshops combine physical training (enriching the individual range of physical capacities), sense training (the symbolism of the body joining the experience of the individual body with the work on archetypical subjects, such as ‘I – others relation’) and dance improvisation (developing a creative way of self-expression and developing an individual dance style).
- The program assists in the development of body awareness, experiencing and recognizing oneself, breaching the self movement configuration, supports the opening of the self creative potential and the need of expression as well as developing the ability of giving form to this.
Experiencing different qualities of movement (energy, rhythm, time, dynamics) cannot be separated from feelings and personal experiences. Experimenting with energy, exploring the starting points of movement, its fluidity, the many kinds of dynamics and emotions connected with them, experiencing the abilities of own body expression, openness imagination and stimulating the creative possibilities, enriches and widens the aesthetic sensitivity of participants, develops the skill of self-expression and the ability of establishing comfortable relations with other people. The workshop program can be modified according to the needs of the participants. |
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